The Washington critic., 1887-10-17
OUR STREET RAILWAYS.
How to Reach All Portions of the
National Capital.

Fare for each person on all lines, cents
Tickets are sold by driver or conductor of
all cars, @ for 25 cents, good on any line.
Washington and Georgetown Railroad-Starts
at Georgetown, corner Of High street, down
Bridge street, across Rock Creek, east along
Pennsylyania avenue, passing circle con
tanning Mills statue OF Washington; Cor
coran Gallery, State, War and Navy Depart
ments; Presidents House, Lafayette Square,
containing Mills equestrian statue of An
drew Jackson Department of Justice (halt-
Ing at Fifteenth street, where transfers are
given to Fourteenth street Branch Fifteenth
street, past Riggs House and Treasury De
partment; again down Pennsylvania avenue
by Willard'sa and other hotels, and through
the principal business portion Of the city,
crossing seventh street west at Center
Market where transfers are given 10 the
Seventh Street Branch, going north toward
Boundary street or south TO Potomac River,
past Botanical Gardens to Naval Monument
lhere transfers are given 10 branch running
TO Baltimore and Ohio Railroad depot, as
cendlng south side Of Capitol Hill, cOntin'
ming along u street south TO Pennsylvania
avenue, turning into Eighth street east, past
the Marine Barracks to Navy-Yard gate.
Returning, same route and conditions.
Fourteenth'street Branch = Starts at New
York avenue and Fifteenth street west, out
Fourteenth street TO Boundary, passing
Franklin Square and Thomas statue. Re.
turning, same route, Transfers given to and
from main or Avenue line. Connects with
cars to Mount Pleasant every half hour.
tuTt, CCtlls uuulllOuhI
Seycnth.street Branch-Starts at Boundary
and runs due south across the city along
Seventh street west, passing Mount Vernon
Square, Patent and POstonices,. Odd'Fel-
lows Hall, crossing, Pennssylyania avenue
transfers are given to the main or Avenue
ine), continuing across the Mall, past the
Smithsonian Institution and National MD
scum, TO the wharyes OF the Mount Vernon,
Norfolk and other steamers and Alexandria
ferry. Returning same route,
Metropolitan Railway Leaving Georgetown,
where II makes a circuit OF west llgh'
Fayette Second, Dumbarton and Mont
gomery streets, passing near 1eorset9wh
College, Academy OF the Visitation, llish
Service Reservoir and OAK Hill Cemetery,
over Rock Creek to = street north, thence
along Connecticut avenue, amidst the pna-
tial residences OF the West End, including
that OF the British minister; along seven
tecuth street west 10 II street north, -Four
tecnth street tu f. passing willard ana the
Ebbitt House crossing Ninth street (where
transfers are given 10 the Ninthstfeet
Brnnch), past the Patent and Post Ohices,
to Fifth street TO Louisiana avenue, passing
judiciary Square, city Hall, ana Lincoln
Monument; Indiana avenue To { street, by
the Baltimore and Ohio depot To Delaware
avenue, 10 u street north 90 First street
east, thence along East Capitol street to Lin
coin Park. Returning, same runte gulng
west, except along New Jersey avenue and
p street instead Of Indiana avenue.
Cars also leave the west front Of the State
War Navy Departments at convenient
intervals, connecting with above line al
Seventeenth and IL streets
Ninth street BranCh-Starts at northern ter
minus OF seventh street west lwhgro II con
meets with Silver Springs Brauchl, diyurgln
TO Ninth street, thence south, plssin
Mount Vernon square, Masonic Temple
/. Patent and postutlCes Ht f street twhcr
transfers are givcn 10 main line cast u
vest, thence To Il street. passing Lchtri
Market and Baltimore and Potomac Depot
sixth street 10 Missouri avenue, to -Four
and.a half street thence 10 the AiNgnt
gate and steamboat Wharvcs, Potomac
River Returning hy same route,
Silver Springs BranCh-Starts from northern
terminus Of Nuthsirctt Branch, following
Seventh street road, past Howard OWNet
sity and SChuvtgpn Park, tu entrance u
grounds of soldiers Home. Returning
same route,
Columbia hallway Starts nc Fifteenth sircr
west southeast of Treasury Department
along New York avenue 10 Us lnterseciiui
with Massachusetts, avenue ut SrNuN'.
street; thence on Massachusetts dFeuue q.
II sirrpt north, past the Government lrlNt
Ing uuiuo to boundary and beginning u
Baltimore turnpike and lruulus' bTldg'
road, Returning, same route
North Capitol and % street tor BrlN Rai!Foa.
Starts from Maryland avenue and -Four
Hnu-U.hHlt street, thence east 20 tlrst west
north To- q street, west 10 tuNFtl street
north 10 = street, wp.t 10 Eleventh street
south Co street north west 10 Fourteenth
street south TO OHIO ayruUe, east L
Twelfth street, south to Virginia avenue
and east 10 starting point, Returning SAINT
route, except passing east over y HsIeau
j street,